Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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Triathlon competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics, in Beijing, will be held at the Ming Tomb Reservoir, on August 18 and August 19, 2008.

1 Events
2 Competition Format
3 Qualification
4 Notes and references

[edit] Events

Two sets of medals will be awarded in the following events:

Men's competition
Women's competition

[edit] Competition Format

The triathlon competition at the Olympic Games consists of a single race, where competitors swim a distance of 1,500 metres, cycle for 40 kilometres, and run a further 10 kilometres.

[edit] Qualification

Eight NOCs can have a maximum of three eligible athletes per event, all other NOCs can have a maximum of two eligible athletes per event. Here follows the detailed attribution of the qualification places:^[1]

Event	Date	Location	Men	Women
ITU Pan American Continental Olympic Qualifier	July 14, 2007	Rio de Janeiro	Andy Potts	Julie Ertel
ITU African Continental Olympic Qualifier	March 8, 2008	Hammamet	Hendrik De Villiers	Mari Rabie
ITU Oceania Continental Olympic Qualifier	March 9, 2008	Wellington	Shane Reed	Emma Moffatt
ITU Asian Continental Olympic Qualifier	May 3, 2008	Guanzhou	Ryosuke Yamamoto	Ai Ueda
ITU European Continental Olympic Qualifier	May 10, 2008	Lisbon	Frederic Belaubre	Vanessa Fernandes
2008 Triathlon World Championships	June 8, 2008	Vancouver	Javier Gomez Bevan Docherty Reto Hug	Helen Tucker Sarah Haskins Samantha Warriner
ITU Olympic Qualification Rankings^[2]^[3]	June 15, 2008	N/A	Brad Kahlefeldt Simon Whitfield Kris Gemmell Tim Don Volodymyr Polikarpenko Maik Petzold Jan Frodeno Sven Riederer Daniel Unger Stuart Hayes Tony Moulai Paul Tichelaar Ivan Rana Igor Sysoev Alexander Brukhankov Cedric Fleureton Filip Ospaly Jarrod Shoemaker Bruno Pais Matthew Reed Hirokatsu Tayama Olivier Marceu Dmitri Polyansky Courtney Atkinson Brent McMahon Dmitriy Gaag Marek Jaskolka Rasmus Henning Daniel Fontana Reinaldo Colucci Danyl Sapunov Peter Croes Franz Hofer Duarte Marques Axel Zeebbroek Sander Berk Simon Agoston Marko Albert Dirk Bockel Emilio D'Aquino	Emma Snowsill Debbie Tanner Laura Bennett Anja Dittmer Joelle Franzman Andrea Whitcombe Andrea Hewitt Nicola Spirig Lauren Groves Elizabeth May Jessica Harrison Magali Di Marco Messmer Ricarda Lisk Erin Densham Carole Peon Eva Dollinger Kiyomi Niwata Juri Ide Nadia Cortassa Lisa Norden Daniela Ryf Kathy Tremblay Kirsten Sweetland Vendula Frintova Ainhoa Murua Irina Abyssova Kate Roberts Mariana Ohata Tania Haiboeck Lenka Zemanova Ana Burgos Kate Allen Ewa Dederko Emma Davis Xing Lin Lisa Mensik Hongni Wang Maria Czesnik Yuliya Spunova Olga Zaousailova Charlotte Bonin Zita Szabo Birgitta Berk
ITU Continental Rankings^[b]	July 15, 2008	N/A	Christopher Felgate Eligio Cervantes Daniel Lee Chi Wo Pavel Simko	Barbara Rivero Diaz Tania Mak So Ning Deniz Dimaki
Host nation^[a]	N/A	N/A	Zhang Yiming
Tripartite Commission	Jan 31, 2008	N/A	Omar Tayara	Flora Duffy^[c]

[edit] Notes and references

Notes

^a China achieved qualification for the women's event through the ITU Olympic Qualification Ranking, therefore the host nation's Olympic place was given to another best placed athlete in the ITU Olympic Qualification Rankings;
^b Oceanian NOCs did not qualify any eligible male and female competitors through the Continental Olympic Ranking; the same situation was verified with African NOCs for the women's event. Thus, each of these qualification places were given to the next best placed athletes in the ITU Olympic Qualification Rankings;
^c Flora Duffy would qualify through her place in the ITU Olympic Qualification Ranking. Since she received an invitation from the tripartite commission, her slot was given to the next best placed athlete in the ITU Olympic Qualification Rankings.